title: Rhegmatogenous retinal detachment in a hypertensive dog.
abstract: A 4-year-old dog of the Appenzeller strain with experimentally induced renal hypertension presented with apparently longstanding retinal changes, including hemorrhage, detachment, tears/holes, and anemia, in one eye and intravitreal hemorrhage in the other. The retinal tears/holes probably occurred following constant vitreous traction due to retinal hemorrhage and subsequent exsanguination of most of the retinal vasculature. This animal was reexamined six months later and most of these changes had persisted. Photodocumentation is presented.
authors.affiliation: Pharma Toxicology, Pharmaceuticals Division, CIBA-GEIGY Limited, Basel, Switzerland.
authors.forename: B P
authors.initials: BP
authors.lastname: Mertz
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Pfister
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Brueckner
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Pfannkuch
mesh_terms: D000740:Anemia / Q000209:etiology; D000818:Animals; D004285:Dogs; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005654:Fundus Oculi; D006978:Hypertension, Renovascular / Q000150:complications*; D012163:Retinal Detachment / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D012166:Retinal Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D012167:Retinal Perforations / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D014823:Vitreous Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology